Rosa Cruise 2 days 1 night

here are 2 reasons I rate it 3 stars only: - First, smell in the room. Not sure the toillet is not clean enough (although it looks very clean) or just the old boat smell, it makes the whole room slightly smelly. I feel uncomfortable no matter the clean look. This issue happens to both rooms we have booked. - Second, misleading tip. There is an envelop on the farewell lunch table with a note “tips for the cruise”, I gave the envelop to the tour guide as he is my most contact during the trip. However, he told me to “give it to the cruise”. At that point, I realised that he does not have the share from that envelop. I told all other tourists and we were so sorry that the tour guide never has the tip due to this misunderstanding. The tour guide (Bui Ngoc Minh) is such a welcoming and pleasant person, he was working so hard and with us all the time, his dedicated work is the main reason we would want to give higher tip, however, he does not have any share from the tip. I hope the manager will either give him the equal share with the cruise or make it clear on the envelop “this tip is for the cruise only, the tour guide is not part of the cruise”. Other than that, the timing and schedule of this trip are very smart. They choose the path that avoid the crowd, although we visit the same famous sights, we are a bit further from the main path where too many boats chose. The boat headed to Sung Sot cave while we had breakfast so we could visit it from early morning to avoid the rush hour. Just after we finished the tour in the cave, there were so many other boats arrived. Kayak and swimming are very fun activities as well. Good that this trip does not have karaoke like other noisy boat we passed by, the noise does not fit the relaxing trip on a peaceful bay at all. The boat has 9 rooms only so you can find quiet moments on the roof top to view the stunning bay, as if the whole top terrace is reserved only for you. Best regards, Mai Phương (1 night trip in October 2018)

Nice boat with nice facilities for a good price. We had a double room with sea view and got a very comfy night's sleep. Kayaking and swimming were good fun despite the rain, and life jackets provided when needed. The meals were really tasty and decent sized portions. Thanh was a good host, explained everything well and made people feel relaxed. Would recommend.

We are two travellers on our gap year (19 years old). We decided to splash out of our budget on a Halong Bay two day one night tour as it was something we really wanted to see. Our trip with Rosa cruise was completely worth the money and we’re more than satisfied with the cruise. Picked up on time from the hostel by tour guide Harry who was very informative. The drive is 3hrs to the dock but it felt short due to the comfort of the seats - you can sleep easily. All food is provided on the boat (and there’s plenty of it). Activities included kayaking, exploring caves, open sea swimming, fishing, cooking and tai chi! Drinks on the boat were reasonably priced too and the staff were incredible. The rooms are really clean and spacious too - definitely recommend Rosa Cruise to anyone! Harry (our tour guide) went above and beyond and showed us everything there was to see and we really got on with him he gave us many recommendations for the rest of North Vietnam! Thank you Rosa Cruise & Harry!!

We ended up choosing Rosa Cruise because the boat wasnt too big and we found a good offer. We booked a 2 day and 1 night trip from and to Hanoi. It was basically just one full day in the bay because of the drive from Hanoi (we got to the bay at 12.15 on Saturday and left again on Sunday at 12.15). All meals were included (and we always got plenty of food including always various types of meat and seafood) but drinks except for a few bottles of water during transportation and a welcome drink had to be paid extra (and were quite pricey for Vietnam). The program sounds quite good (visit the oyster farm, kayaking, swimming in the bay on the first day and tai chi, visiting a cave and cooking class (spring rolls) on the next day, but when you look around in the bay all the other boats are doing the same (maybe in a different order and different kayaking spot) If you want to go for 2 days one night I would still recommend a small boat and then choose the one with the best offer.